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Halloween is months away, but the costume section of our eBay store is loaded and active! Who’s buying costumes in May? Lots of people. Theater groups, re-enactors, cosplayers, YouTubers and couples who like to spice things up in the bedroom. Disney fans often pick up costumes to wear when they go to the park and […]

This week, we found some super pop culture t-shirts at the thrift store. We found shirts from some of our favorite TV shows and movies. The only bad thing is, they’re all too small for me! So I’m passing them on to you. Click through and pick your favorite on eBay. First up is Gizmo from […]

This week, we’ve been listing something a little different. Instead of our usual TV and Movie memorabilia, we headed for the skies with vintage airplane collectibles. Boeing, McDonnell Douglas, Pratt & Whitney, Swissair: Lars’ dad spent his entire life working in the airplane industry and now we’re passing on some of his collectibles to you. […]

Come along and sing a song And join the jamboree! M-I-C-K-E-Y — M-O-U-S-E In the 1950’s, every child in America wanted to be a Mouseketeer on the Mickey Mouse Club. And what do all good Mouseketeers wear on their heads? Mickey Mouse ears, of course! According to the Mickey Mouse Ears website (yes, really), the […]

This week we checked out the brand new Savers store in Fountain Valley. It was big and clean and loaded with all kinds of great pop culture items, some of which we bought for ourselves and some we’re passing on to you. If you’re a Savers shopper, here’s a tip. You know those fun grab […]

Anyone can carve a jagged mouth and triangle eyes but it takes a steady hand and a brave heart to carve a classic movie pumpkin. Here are a few of our favorites (credited as best we can). We begin with Zombie Pumpkins. This website has a whole category of patterns for movie monster mayhem. From […]

If you look around your house and your family’s houses, I’ll bet you can find dozens of “free” things you can sell on eBay. Want more tips on how to source free and nearly free items for resale? Read my new ebook “eBay with Empty Pockets”. And if you have Kindle Unlimited, even my book […]

Every week, people and businesses throw out $1,000’s of dollars worth of useable goods. Sometimes they do it because they need to clean out fast and don’t have the time or brain space to sort the bad from the good. Others don’t think there’s any value in an old or broken item but most simply […]

This week, we had a very lucky accident. We were searching for a thrift shop we’d been to before and totally missed it by a mile. But in that miss, we stumbled upon an Assistance League store we’d never been to before. The shop was bright and big and clean and loaded with all kinds […]